Near miss hunting accident

[wilderneshunter]

Was just going over this possible scenario with GF when we were target shooting. Glad your ok

[novofish]

Classic case of Hangfire!
Maybe that's your new handle.

My dad told me a story about a new recruit on the firing line at Fort Ord back in the day.
He had a misfire, a 2nd Lt. training officer, one of dad's buddies, came over, grabbed the BAR and looked into the muzzle...
Last thing he ever did.

You are lucky bro!

[MontanaN8V]

Looking at the case and box of ammo. No warning about misfires or rejection standard. I am going to contact them, see if they can provide info, on the box, about how to examine ammo for discard. Remmington already does. I dont want it to happen to anyone else. I know what to do in a misfire, but truly thought, I just didnt chamber a round. In hind site, if the shell had turned 180°, I would be dead. Period. If a shell looks bad, in any way, or just feels unlucky, take a knife, cut it open, dump powder out, throw it out. I hope people learned from my mistake.

[FiShadow]

Damn montana!  good call on checking for bad ammo 

[SandBag]

Glad to hear your ok rich. Close calls always make you think.

Once fishing a private pond at a friends property I heard a bang a slpash then a bullet whiz close by me. I turned to where it came from after hittin the dirt as fast as I could. There stood my buddy holding a .22 rifle, he apologized and explained he was shooting at a muskrat and using fragmentating bullets but that didn't make me feel better given this is a two acre pond. I laid into him using extensive vocabulary, I'm no longer welcome on the property but probably wouldn't have gone back either way.

Safety saftety safety with firearms.